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Sepak takraw Trần Ngọc Yến (centre) makes a santo to score during the quadrant (team of four) final between Việt Nam vs Indonesia at the 19th Asian Games in October in China. Yến scored the most points in Việt Nam’s 2-1 win to take gold. VNS Photo Quý Lượng Thanh …

  Nguyễn Văn Lai runs past President Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum during the VnExpress Marathon Hanoi Midnight 2023 on November 26. He won the full marathon class and set new tournament record. Photo of organisers Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Văn Lai set a new tournament record, winning the VnExpress …

Sport Center 1 made history Tuesday to become the first Vietnamese team to win the Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship with their comeback 3-2 victory against Thailand’s Diamond Food Fine Chef-Air Force. The dramatic victory, coupled with a remarkable unbeaten record in the continent’s topflight club championship, ended Vietnam’s 22-year …

Xiangqi Lại Lý Huynh of Việt Nam (left) plays Meng Chen of China during the 19th World Xiangqi Championship which wraps up in the US over the weekend. — XINHUA/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — Grandmaster Lại Lý Huynh successfully defended his rapid xiangqi (Chinese chess) title at the World Xiangqi …

Vietnam scored two goals against Singapore in their second game in Group B of SEA Games 32 Wednesday, where each team also scored their own goals. Goals from Van Tung, Thai Son, and a Singapore’s own goal helped the defending champion to a 3-1 victory, taking the top spot of …

Vovinam Lê Thị Hiền won the women’s 57kg after beating Arouri Amina Alicia from Algeria at the seventh World Vovinam Championship on the weekend in HCM City. Photo sggp.org HCM CITY — Host athletes have earned 10 golds at the World Vovinam (Vietnamese traditional martial arts) Championship which is ongoing …

Eight Vietnamese wushu athletes aim to win at least three gold medals at the upcoming SEA Games in Cambodia.     Vietnam wushu team train hard for SEA Games Vietnam wushu team train hard for SEA Games

Finswimming Nguyễn Trần San San (centre) on the top podium for the junior women’s 400m surface event at the 6th Asian Juniors Finswimming Competition on November 25 in Phuket, Thailand. — Photo of VASA HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam won three gold medals in the first day of competition at …

Martial Arts Phạm Văn Nam celebrates his win at the MFC. Photos of organisers HCM CITY — Phạm Văn Nam became the first champion of the “Master Of Fights Championship” (MFC) after his submission victory over tough rival Roman Kokurkin over the weekend in HCM City. The Russian top mixed martial artist …

Chess players Pham Thanh Phuong Thao and Ton Nu Hong An won the first gold medal for Vietnam at the SEA Games 32 after topping the Ouk Chaktrang women’s doubles event on Tuesday. Ouk chaktrang, or Cambodian chess, is the first sports that opens for competition at the 32nd Southeast …